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1.4 Health Care Settings & Team – Nursing Fundamentals

Nurses, as the coordinator of a patient’s care, continuously review the plan of care to ensure all contributions of the multidisciplinary team are moving the patient toward expected outcomes and goals. The roles and … See more

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16.3 Applying the Nursing Process to Community Health

WEBSurveys. Surveys use standardized questions that are relatively easy to analyze. They are beneficial for collecting information across a large geographic area, obtaining input from …

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14.2 Nutrition Basic Concepts – Nursing Fundamentals

WEBHunger can cause feelings of discomfort, nausea, and tiredness. Satiety is a feeling of fullness that often comes after eating, although it can also be caused by impairments of …

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4.4 Diagnosis – Nursing Fundamentals

WEBA nursing diagnosis is defined as, “A clinical judgment concerning a human response to health conditions/life processes, or a vulnerability for that response, by an individual, …

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4.3 Assessment – Nursing Fundamentals

WEB4.3 Assessment Open Resources for Nursing (Open RN) Assessment is the first step of the nursing process (and the first Standard of Practice set by the American Nurses …

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2.3 Tools for Prioritizing – Nursing Management and Professional …

WEB2.3 Tools for Prioritizing. Prioritization of care for multiple patients while also performing daily nursing tasks can feel overwhelming in today’s fast-paced health care system. …

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4.4 Precautions Used to Prevent the Spread of Infection

WEBNot washing hands long enough. The mechanical action of lathering and scrubbing should be a minimum of 20 seconds, and the entire procedure should last 40 to 60 seconds. …

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7.3 Applying the Nursing Process – Nursing Fundamentals

WEBProvide verbal explanations of the location of items or food. Provide reading materials in large print, as needed. Apply labels to frequently used items (e.g., mark medication …

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19.1 Care of the Older Adult Introduction – Nursing Fundamentals

WEBThe needs of the older adult population will continue to influence health care through this century. The aging “baby boomer” population, along with an increased average life span …

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16.2 Community Health Concepts

WEBCommunity Health. Community health nursing is based on several underlying concepts such as encouraging healthy living, preventing illness, promoting rehabilitation, …

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5.5 Patient Rights – Nursing: Mental Health and Community …

WEB5.5 Patient Rights. When individuals with mental health disorders are admitted to a hospital, they may lose a number of abilities that we take for granted, such as the ability to come …

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4.2 Chain of Infection – Nursing Assistant

WEBHealthcare-Acquired Infections. An infection that develops in an individual after being admitted to a health care facility or undergoing a medical procedure is a healthcare …

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5.7 Assisting With Nutrition and Fluid Needs – Nursing Assistant

WEBMilliliters and cubic centimeters are the same units, so 1 mL = 1 cc. Typically, fluids are measured in ounces in the United States, so a conversion is necessary. To do so, …

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5.4 Culture of Safety – Nursing Fundamentals

WEBThe American Nurses Association further describes a culture of safety as one that includes openness and mutual respect when discussing safety concerns and solutions without …

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4.2 Basic Concepts – Nursing Fundamentals

WEBEach letter refers to the six components of the nursing process: A ssessment, D iagnosis, O utcomes Identification, P lanning, I mplementation, and E valuation. The nursing process …

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3.2 Antimicrobial Basics – Nursing Pharmacology

WEBFigure 3.2 Staphylococcus aureus illustrates the typical “grape-like” clustering of cells. Staphylococcus is a second example of a Gram + bacteria. The bacteria Staphylococcus …

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5.8 Safety Considerations Across the Life Span

WEBThe nurse should educate parents of school-aged children about safety seats, booster seats, or shoulder seat belts while riding in the car. [4] Bicycle accidents are also a …

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3.2 Diverse Patients Basic Concepts – Nursing Fundamentals

WEBA prejudgment or preconceived idea, often unfavorable, about a person or group of people. The nurse withholds pain medication from a patient with a history of opioid addiction. …

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8.5 Budgets and Staffing – Nursing Management and Professional …

WEB8.5 Budgets and Staffing. Economics and health care reimbursement models impact health care institutional budgets that ultimately impact nurse staffing. A budget is an estimate of …

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